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I have a doubt: here you showed the grammar of “koto ga aru” related to experience.

Please, could you explain when it is used in the way of “sometimes”, expressing occasion and do on?
If so, am I asking too much for explaining the difference between “koto ga aru” and “koto mo aru”?
Thanks!
TomRibas

Sorry,I just wanted to ask the difference between these 2 sentences regarding the use of koto:
1)kimi ga suki desu
2)kimi no koto ga suki desu
Does koto here means all the things about you or just things/thoughts about you? Thanks in advance!!

They both could mean the same “He is a writer who has written many books on Japan.”
But the difference is
a) He has been writing many books on Japan and he is still writing a book on Japan.
b) This sentence just focuses on his past experiences. He have written many books on Japan but he may writes about something else or he stops writing now.

Yes and No. I wouldn’t say b) has nothing to do with the present because that experience made the present state.
a) whether focusing on something that started in the past and continues in the present or one’s experiences up to the present.

b) one’s experiences
The idea is the same in English, “have done something”

ありがとうございました. For me this is a very confusing form that I can now practice using your helpful examples! I completed Rosetta Stone Japanese and there are 3 different “koto” pattern sentences that they use and don’t explain. I think they are:
1) verb + koto ga dekiru = able to do the verb: inu wa oyogu koto ga dekimasu – the dog is able to swim.
2) thinking about someone/something = subject + no koto wo kangaete imasu – inu no koto wo kangaete imasul- I am thinking about the dog
3) and they use the “life experience” form you describe here.
I was going crazy trying to figure this out! Thanks again!